The evil necessity
Subtitle: British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world
By: Denver Brunsman
Series: Early American histories
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780813933511; 9780813933528
Subjects: Sailors; Great Britain. Royal Navy; Imperialism; Naval History; Impressment; Great Britain; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Empire; title: Imperial Design; title: Ruling the Waves; title: Cultures of Impressment; title: Part II. Sailors; title: Men of War; title: Everyday Escapes; title: Atlantic Impressment Riots; title: Epilogue.